The Blood Red Moons

THE FOUR BLOOD RED MOONS UPDATED The popular story of the four blood red moons due to appear in the years 2014 and 15 was first brought to light by Pastor Mark Biltz of El Shaddai Ministries, Bonner Lake, Washington. Using the NASA web site, Mark discovered that four total lunar eclipses in 2014 and 15 correlated exactly with four Jewish feast days:April 15, 2014 Feast of Passover TotalOctober 8, 2014 Feast of Tabernacles TotalApril 4, 2015 Feast of Passover Total September 28, 2015 Feast of Tabernacles Total

This series of four lunar eclipses, called a Tetrad, falling on four feast days is very rare and will not happen again in this century. Mark also discovered that there would be a total solar eclipse and three partial solar eclipses during the same time periods: April 29, 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse October 23, 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse March 20, 2015 Total Solar Eclipse September 13, 2015 Partial Solar Eclipse One of the first things our Lord told us in the book of Genesis is that the Sun and Moon were not only for light and seasons but also “for signs” (Gen. 1:14). It is our job, therefore, to try and understand what God is trying to tell us. The next event on God’s prophetic calendar is the Rapture of the Church before the great and terrible day of the Lord. That event will be followed by the beginning of the seven-year-long Tribulation mentioned in Daniel 9:27. In this study we will examine each of the above dates to see if any may represent the beginning of the Tribulation period.1 THE FIRST BLOOD RED MOON April 15, 2014 Passover April 15 is interesting because of five events: 1. The first is the total lunar eclipse caused by the earth’s shadow falling across the entire face of the moon causing a distinct reddish color called a blood moon. 2. The Feast of Passover begins this exact night of the 15th. 3. The partial solar eclipse falls two weeks later on April 29th. 4. In July of 2013 our Secretary of State, John Kerry called for the completion of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace talks to be completed in nine months. The nine months will be up in April 2014. Sir Robert Anderson in his book, The Coming Prince, said that the Tribulation would begin upon the signing of the covenant (or peace treaty) with Israel mentioned by the Prophet Daniel. If the treaty were indeed signed in April, it would be a significant sign that the Tribulation had begun at that time. 5. If the Tribulation does start on this date of April 15, 2014 then the first half would end 42 months later at the conclusion of Israel’s 50th Jubilee at the Feast of Atonement, September 30, 2017. This is the date when Antichrist will break the peace treaty (covenant) with Israel and sit in the Temple to proclaim himself as God (II Thessalonians 2:4). (March 24, 2014 update: Because of the unlikelyhood of a peace treaty signing by April 2014 Secretary Kerry has now set the date for 6 to 12 months ahead. Six months ahead will bring us to the second blood red moon on October 8, 2014 and twelve months will bring us to the third blood red moon on April 4, 2015.) (May 7, 2014 update: Instead of making peace with Israel, the Palestinian Authority made peace with the terrorist organization Hamas, which is sworn to the destruction of Israel.)
( June 2, 2014 update: Between Saturday, May 24 and Monday,
May 26, 2014 Pope Francis made a visit to the Holy Land. On Sunday morning, May
25 following a Holy Mass in Bethlehem’s Manger Square he digressed from his
official program and issued a surprise invitation. He invited Mahmoud Abbas,
the head of the Palestinian Authority, and President Shimon Peres of Israel to
join him at his home in the Vatican for an encounter of prayer for peace
between Palestine and Israel. The announcement was so unexpected that the Vatican
spokesman, Rev. Federico Lombardi said “I don’t remember anything else like
this, I think it is one of the signs of the creativity and courage of Pope
Francis.” Both Abbas and Peres accepted the invitation immediately. The meeting is scheduled to take place on the significant
date of June 8, 2014. June 8 happens to be 50 days from the Blood Red Moon
Passover celebration that happened between April 14 and 21, 2014. It is the day
of the Feast of Pentecost, the day that the Holy Spirit descended upon the 120
believing Jews assembled in the Upper Room in Jerusalem. The significance of
this meeting will soon be known.Meanwhile, let us reflect upon another event
that occurred on the evening of Sunday, May 25, 2014. Let’s start with a prediction made on August 18, 1991, by
Bill Lambert, the New England Director of Theosophy: “At the proper moment in
history, the Pope will visit the combined Jewish/Christian/Muslim sector of
Jerusalem to announce that all religions should be combined into one.” On Sunday evening, May 25, in an almost eerie fulfillment of
Lambert’s prediction in the very city of Jerusalem, Pope Francis and the
Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I of the Greek Orthodox Church, signed a
Common Declaration which said it was their duty to build a just and humane
society in which nobody feels excluded. They said in part: “…we invite all Christians to promote an
authentic dialogue with Hinduism, Islam and other religious
traditions…we call upon all Christians, together with believers of every
religious tradition and all people of good will, to recognize the
urgency of the hour that compels us to seek the reconciliation and unity of
the human family …we humbly commend to the intercession of the Most Holy
and Ever Virgin Mary our future steps on the path towards the fullness of
unity, entrusting to God’s infinite love the entire human family.”
2 THE SECOND BLOOD RED MOON

October 8, 2014 Tabernacles

There are five signs that the Tribulation may start October 8, 2014:

1. If Kerry’s Peace Treaty is postponed to a later date, it may occur in the fall of the year.

2. These fall feasts begin with the Feast of Trumpets on September 25 and could be related to the Rapture.

3. A total lunar eclipse on October 8, 2014

4. A partial solar eclipse will occur on October 23, 2014.

5. The Feast of Tabernacles begins at exactly the same time as the blood red moon eclipse.6. (Updated 6/5/14) The Sabbatical and Jubilee Years:The 49th Sabbatical Year, called in the Hebrew Shmitah (Release), begins on the Feast of Trumpets, September 25, 2014. Although the Rapture could happen at any moment, the late TV Bible teacher, Zola Levitt, was fond of saying, “the trumpet unquestionably represents the Rapture of the Church.” The Feast of Trumpets precedes the Feast of Atonement, which is on October 4, 2014. The second blood red moon on October 8 and the Feast of Tabernacles, October 8/9, 2014 follow the Feast of Atonement. The 49th Sabbatical Year continues until a Partial Solar Eclipse on September 13, 2015. During that year the Jews are to be released from debt from other Jews. They are to plant no new crops and farming must be held to a minimum. It is to be a time of reflection and worship of God. September 14, 2015 begins the Feast of Trumpets that is followed on September 23, 2015 by the Feast of Atonement, which begins the Year of Jubilee. Though not observed by most Jews, the Year of Jubilee is the time of rejoicing when Israel shall proclaim freedom throughout the land (Leviticus 25:10). It describes the day when all Jews return to their inherited property in Israel. Those indebted to other Jews are to be released from their bondage. It is a time of relief from work and a time of praising God. Following the 49th Sabbatical Year we come to the 4th and last blood red moon that occurs on the Feast of Tabernacles on September 28, 2015.

3 THE THIRD BLOOD RED MOON

April 4, 2015 Passover

There are four reasons why April 4, 2015 could be the time of the beginning of the Tribulation:

1. The total eclipse of the moon will occur on April 4, 2015.

2. The Feast of Passover begins on exactly the same date.

3. At the rate of progress on the Peace Treaty, the signing could be prolonged until this date.

4. The fact that a total solar eclipse will occur on March 20 is significant. Joel 2:31 says: “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.” Of the four possibilities we are considering for the beginning of the Tribulation this is the only one where a total solar eclipse actually occurs before the feast day. It occurs on March 20, two weeks before the total lunar eclipse of April 4, 2015.

4 THE FOURTH BLOOD RED MOON

Seven signs are given for
the fourth and last blood red moon:
1. This
total lunar eclipse on September 28, 2015 will be a super blood red moon. It is
super because it will appear larger than usual. The large appearance happens
because it is at its nearest approach to the earth at that time.
2. This eclipse occurs on the
Feast of Tabernacles and is preceded two weeks earlier by a partial solar
eclipse on the Feast of Trumpets.
3. Of the four blood red moons,
this is the only one to appear over the city of Jerusalem.
4. This moon witnesses the end
of the 49th Shemitah (Sabbatical year) on the Feast of Trumpets,
September 14, 2015 and the beginning of the 50th year of Jubilee in
Israel.
5. The blood red moon and the
beginning of the Feast of Tabernacles on September 28, 2015 follow the Feast of
Atonement on September 23.
6. Starting September 14, 2015
and adding Daniel’s 2520 prophetic days brings us exactly to August 7, 2022 as
the day of judgment. This date is the 9th of Av on the Jewish
calendar, the day the Jews remember the destruction of both of their Temples.
7. This series of four blood
red moons is only the 8th since the time of Christ and will not
occur again until 2582/83. Believers look forward to times like this. We are getting closer to the moment when we will be gathered together with our Savior. If you are not a believer, it is time to trust Christ as your Savior. We receive new life by faith - believing that Jesus died for our sins, that His death was in our place, and that His payment for sin is fully acceptable in God's sight. ...Believeon the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved... (Acts 16:31).